Trade union movement | Secondary Picketing | Arthur Scargill | TV Eye | 1980 

Remember when interviewees were respectful and listened to one another, even when they hated each other's guts?

I love it when thames posts stuff like this, we need more 60s to 80s films like this.

this is the best channel!!

And they wonder why Maggie got elected.

Nice one lads 👍

Scargill appears to have the same barber as Trump.

16:00 that’s Bear Grylls’ father.

@8:46 is that Peter Cushing ? hahaha

20:02 ,totally agree with Michael Gryll's "crude trade union power " . What he says is what was going to happen in 1984 .

Nice bouffant there Arthur lad!

Ay up lad! By gum tis grim oop north

My mother worked for the Coal Board in the 1970s, and she was telling me once how she resented being *made* to go on strike. I asked her (I was just a naïve kid) why she didn't go to work if she wanted to. She laughed and said "Because there were men with iron bars and pick-axe handles who'd stop you!" Watching this film - it's amazing how open and unashamed the Unions were that the entire picketing strategy was about intimidation.

Well they got what they wanted, vast majority of British steel and other industry is shut down. Sure those that are still alive are very proud of themselves 👍

They picketed themselves right out of a bloody job. It’s a wonder any coal was mined at all.....every time you turned around the miners were on strike. Long live the Iron Lady!!

Unions, where are they now?

The difference between the 1970s and 80s was that home produced coal no longer had a monopoly in the energy market so this strike was doomed from the start.

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your Uncle

Oh yes they almost closed our plant perminent many men had to look for work in order to pay Their mortgages

God how daft was all this ..... "Hello strike control" I want fooer men at Stanton and Staveley, 2 at Kiveton Wire....and 4 at Tansley. The tosspots brought Britain's industry to its knees......well done lads

Old Arthur and his massive bank account. True Union man. Do as I say, not as I do. 👏🏼

Excellent. We need to return to a more assertive TU movement. From the days when people were respected at work, there were no homeless people at every city and sizeable town street corner and no need for food banks.

Trade unions are no more responsible for the state of British industry than the England manager is responsible for the England football's poor international record...yes, they do things that exacerbate problems but the underlying issues are poor investment, poor management at the highest and lowest levels..etc etc...poor organisation...

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